Suspender attachment for overalls



June 12, 1 928.

C. A. BURGESS SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT FOR OVERALLS Filed July 6, 1927 ATTY Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFiFfItCEE.

CECIL AUGUSTAS BURGESS, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT FOR OVERALLS.

Application filed July 6, 1927, Serial No. 203,811, and in Canada July 22, 1926.

In manufacturing overalls it is usual to provide 1n the straps which pass over the shoulders a short length of elastic webbing to give greater length in said straps as the upperpart of the wearers body is moved to one side or the other. As overalls often lay on the dealers shelves for a considerable period of time before being sold, the webbing loses its elasticity and when stretched does not contract when the tension is re leased.

My object therefore is to devise a suspender attachment which will permit the necessary adjustment in the length of the two straps as the body sways from side to side but which will not deteriorate with age, and particularly *to devise an attachment which may be made up complete ready for shipment.

1 attain my object by providing a short strip adapted to be secured to the rear of the garment. Adjacent the ends 01 this strip the ends of a cord are secured. On the cord are mounted three sheaves or guides. The intermediate sheave or guide is connected with the aforesaid strip and each of the other sheaves or guides has a shoulder strap secured thereto.

in order to increase the amount of give permitted, each shoulder strap relative to the strip I employ a novel arrangement of coil springs in connection with the cord whereby the amount of movement of the straps away from the strip is greatly in creased.

The invention is hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 shows a simple form of my invention;

Fig. 2 a front view, partly broken away, of a modified form of attachment; and

Fig. 3 a similar view showing a modified arrangement.

In the drawings like numerals oi reference indicate corresponding parts in the dillerent figures.

My attachment, comprises a short strip 1, adjacent the ends of which the ends of a cord 2 are secured. This strip may be secured directly to the back of the garment by stitching, but I show it provided with button holes 3 to receive buttons on the waist band of the garment.

On this cord are mounted three guides.

The centre guide hasa loop 5 pivotally connected therewith, and this loop is connected with the strip 1 by means of a strap 6. The other two guides 7 and Sare also provided with loops 9 and 10, to which the ends of the shoulder straps 11 and 12 are secured. The guides 7 and 8 are, it will be noted, tree to slide onthe cord 2.

In practice, as shown in Fig. 1, the strip 1 will be secured to the waist band of the garment 13 either by buttons or by stitching, and it will be apparent that as the upper part of the body 01' the wearer of the garment sways from side to side, the cord 2 will slide through the guides 4, 7 and 8 so that a greater or lesser amount of the cord will be positioned at either side of the sheave 4 asmay be necessary to compensate for the change in the position of the body.

it will be evident, of course, that the shoulder straps may be run straight over the shoulders, as shown in Fig. 1, or may be crossed as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

.l prefer, however, to give a greater amount or movement of the shoulder straps relative to one another, to make the connection between the loop 5 and strap 6 elastic. As shown in Fig. 2, I attain this result by forming a pocket in the strap 6, the pocket being preferably termed by doubling the material ol the strap upon itself. In the upper side ol the pocket are provided eyelets 15 through which are threaded cords 14, one end of each cord being connected with the loop 5 and the other end with the inside oi the top of the pocket intermediate the eyelets 15. On that portion of each cord that is located between the parts of the strap is a coil spring 16, the spring normally tending to hold the larger portions of the cords 1s within the pocket! When tension is applied to the shoulder straps, and therefore to the cord 2 and strap 6, the springs 15 are compressed, allowing the cords 1a to be drawn out through the eyelets 15.

It will thus be seen that not only may the shoulder straps move relative to one another, but that by the compression of the springs 15 both shoulder straps may move away from the strip 1.

In Fig. 8 1 illustrate a slightly modified arrangement of the cords 14 and springs 16, but which operates in exactly the same Way as the arrangement of Fig. 2.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a construction which will satisfactorily attain the object of my invention as set'out in this specification.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. In overalls and other garments provided with shoulder straps, the combination of guide means; a cord slidable in said guide means, the ends of the cord being adapted to be secured to the garment at opposite sides of the guide means, said cord being adapted to be actuated by said shoulder straps to vary its position relative to the guide means; a connecting strap adapted to have one end secured to the back of the garment, said'connecting strap having a pocket formed therein, and said pocket having a pair of holes formed therein; cords having one end secured to said guide means passing through said openings and their other ends secured to the interior of the pocket near the end in which the openings are formed; and a coil spring on each'of said cords on that portion thereof within the pocket, said springs normally tending to draw the cords into the pockets.

2. In a tension device for overalls and other garments provided with shoulder straps, the combination of a connecting strap having a )OCkEl) formed therein; a pair of openings eing formed at one end of said pocket; a pair of cords, each extending through an opening, one end of each cord being secured within the pocket adjacent the end in which the openings are formed; and a coil spring on that portion of each cord within the pocket, said coil springs normally tending to draw the cords into the pocket.

In a suspender attachment for overalls and other garments, the combination of a strip adapted to be secured to a garment; a cord. having both ends permanentlv secured to said strip; a guide through which the intermediate portion of the cord is slidable; elastic means permanently connecting said guide with the strip; and a pair of guides, one at each side of said first mentioned guide and about which said cord is also adapted to pass, said last mentioned guides being adapted to have shoulder straps secured thereto.

Signed at London, Ont, this 20th day of June, 1927.

CECIL AUGUSTAS BURGESS. 

